Chapter 473: Flying Cavalry Captures Bangkok
Mai Ke left one-third of his troops to block the 50,000 troops of Ramara, who were expected to go and return, and the remaining 3,500 elephant soldiers left Nakhon Ratchasima and accelerated their speed to continue their march towards the royal city.
By now, they had been marching for a day, and although they were walking on their behalf, they would be tired from the bumpy journey, and the next part of the journey was sparsely populated, so Mai Ke ordered everyone to rest while marching.
These people are all battle-hardened, and they can sleep peacefully on the back of the elephant, especially the person who leads the way in front is responsible for grasping the direction and leading the team, so everyone can sleep peacefully.
It's nighttime, and the area passed through is mainly a mountainous area called Sankaicheng, so there is no problem.
And those war elephants are famous for their long-lasting endurance, and there is no problem with not resting for days and nights.
After a night of rapid travel, I passed through the cities of Touchchai, Patongchai, Banwangdakton, Nakhon Nayut, Pansang, Onkarat and Klong Luang, and all the way went smoothly to reach the big city of Nonthaburi, which is already very close to Bangkok, and the straight-line distance is only 20 kilometers.
At this time, it was already early in the morning, and everyone had eliminated their fatigue after a night of rest on their backs, and it was a time of full strength and refreshment.
According to Mai Ke's orders, Chai Bu Zhao had prepared plenty of food for the war elephants, and although they could march continuously, they should not be short of food when it was time to eat.
The food that Chai Bu summoned for the war elephants was the leaves and grass that they preferred to eat, which the elephants could have taken care of on their own in normal times, and they were everywhere along the way.
But now they are no longer in a state of ignorance and confusion, but they understand the overall situation and understand the image. Eating casually on the way, one is to affect the speed, and the other is to leave traces, which will reveal the whereabouts of the army, so they don't eat or drink all the way, and have persevered until now.
Mai Ke saw them eating grass and drinking water, while listening to Su Faqin explain to him the forage and drinking water that elephants need for a day.
Mai Ke was shocked when he heard this: it turned out that an elephant had to eat at least 200 kilograms of forage a day, and at the same time needed more than 100 liters of drinking water.
At this time, the clouded leopard quietly told Mai Ke that the elephant's favorite food was not grass or leaves. It's the fruit!!, and teasingly reminded him that the elephant had done a great job. Are you treating them with some seasonal fruit bowl or something?
As soon as Mai Ke was reminded, he immediately realized that he should do this! He couldn't help but look at the clouded leopard gratefully, and saw that guy was there with his eyes closed and disdainful.
But Mai Ke can read his mind with a spiritual rhino. He knew that the guy was smug in his heart.
Like hard work. People work just as hard. Therefore, Mai Ke used the spirit rhino to bring in the fruits of the four seasons, not only fruits, but also rivers of life! Not only for elephants. And there are for people.
Mai Ke immediately distributed it, each person with a four-season fruit basket and a bottle of life river water, and each war elephant was ten baskets of four seasons fruit and ten bottles of life river water!
When everyone got this, the people and elephants were in ecstasy! And the elephants were obviously more knowledgeable than the people, and when they saw the fruits and the rivers of life, they immediately lowered their voices and roared in a low voice!
The clouded leopard told Mai Ke that this was the happiest time for the elephant buddies.
After eating the fruits of the four seasons and drinking the water of the river of life, the morale of the whole camp is high, it is really like a tiger, like a dragon, and everyone can't wait to show their majesty!
Mai Ke saw that everyone's morale had been adjusted to an unprecedented height, and it was a good time to attack and destroy the enemy, so he immediately took the lead and rushed out of the city, and the elephant team behind followed in turn, and swept towards Bangkok at a gallop.
In less than 20 minutes, the 20-kilometer journey was completed, and the brigade came to Thonburi in the western suburbs of Bangkok.
Chaibu Zhao was still at the front, explaining to the city gate official that these elephant soldiers were from the vassal country, and there were chasing soldiers behind, and asked to let them into the city quickly!
First, he knew Chai Buzhao, and he knew that he was the commander of the border pass, and secondly, he also saw that the dust was rising behind him, obviously the chasing soldiers were getting closer and closer, and the city defender didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered the door to open the door and let people in.
In fact, in the past two days, there have always been officers and soldiers and city guards who have fled back from other places, saying that their cities have not been breached by the expeditionary force, and he has always put them in the city after a little screening.
As a result, the tragedy of the border pass was repeated, and it was difficult to open and close the door again, and several huge war elephants were firmly stuck at the city gate, and it was impossible for anyone to enter and exit.
After a while, Mai Ke led the war elephants behind him, and at this time, the several war elephants blocking the city gate were not stuck, and rushed into the city one step before the pursuers arrived.
At this time, the people in the advanced area had already controlled all the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and the entire West Gate was replaced by the expeditionary force as the master.
Without the slightest pause, Mai Ke ordered to rush out of the center of the city, and the elephant brigade immediately set off and continued to rush towards the palace as always.
Everyone is still divided into two roads, one in front and one in the back, as if robbers are chasing officers and soldiers.
There were only a few people standing guard in front of the palace gate, and the large army was stationed in the barracks a few hundred meters away from the palace.
According to Chai Buzhao, there were no more than 100 guards in the palace, and the real threat was the garrison of almost 50,000 people.
Mai Ke had most of the people wait in the square outside, mainly to prevent the soldiers from besieging him, and he himself led a hundred and eight guards into the palace.
Guess Buzhao still negotiated with the palace guards, saying that he had something important to ask to see the king, but the leader of the guards directly refused, saying that there was something to contact the relevant ministers, let them arrange, and then explain it before letting them in.
Seeing the official vigor of this guard leader, Mai Ke knew that he didn't need to expect to enter the door peacefully; he didn't say a word, grabbed the guy who was blocking the door, and shouted in a low voice: "Up!"
This guard leader still has a certain level, and when he was caught by Mai Ke, he didn't panic, he opened his mouth to shout, intending to warn others, but how could Mai Ke let him succeed, and the hand that grabbed his shoulder shook and lit the dumb hole.
Several other guards were also arrested, and they were treated equally by Mai Ke.
Entering the inner courtyard of the palace, I saw a sedan chair of all kinds parked on the field of the courtyard, it is estimated that many ministers came, maybe it is the time of the court meeting, and I asked to guess the call, sure enough, this time today is the time of the routine court meeting.
It seems that not only the king, but also the ministers can be stewed with a spoonful!
"Rush in and take it all for me!"
Mai Ke raised his right hand and pointed to the door of the main hall of the palace.
The big bull ran the fastest, jumped up the steps in two steps, aimed at the closed gate, and "bang" was a kick! The heavy gate was kicked down by him at once, and it fell to the ground with a bang!
The forty or fifty ministers who were making a lot of noise inside were startled by the noise, and with a hula, most of them stood up!
There were only two, sitting still, it turned out that they were overly frightened and passed out! (To be continued......